Nelumbo - The Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India

The PDF file you selected should load here if your Web browser has a PDF reader plug-in installed (for example, a recent version of Adobe Acrobat Reader).

If you would like more information about how to print, save, and work with PDFs, Highwire Press provides a helpful Frequently Asked Questions about PDFs.

Alternatively, you can download the PDF file directly to your computer, from where it can be opened using a PDF reader. To download the PDF, click the Download link above.

Fullscreen Fullscreen Off


The paper gives an account of the taxonomy of the genus Ophioglossum of which ten species are found in India. In doing so morphology of the leaf, stipules, spore and epidermal characters are taken into account and a key based on all characters is given to identify species. They are also summarised in a table. The question of confused taxonomy of species like O. reticulatum, O. vulgatum and O. aitchisoni has been specifically discussed and the probable phylogeny of Indian species is schematically represented. The characters of stipules which were overlooked so far are given in detail.
User
Notifications
Font Size